Rishabh Pant had a great chance to recover himself during the qualifier 1 match against Mumbai Indians (MI) when he got the chance to bat at No 6 for Delhi Capitals (DC).
1. Chance for Rishabh Pant to shine:
Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult smashed destruction by taking up two wickets back then. Marcus Stoinis, who made a fifty while batting, needed a support from someone at the other end. Rishabh Pant had a great opportunity to play second fiddle to Marcus Stoinis and bring back the Delhi Capitals (DC) innings to a strong position but, he managed to get only 3 runs off 9 balls.
2. How did Rishabh Pant fare?
Rishabh Pant wanted to strip out Krunal Pandya out of the ground but a delivery on the off stump made sure that his ball failed and flew into the hands of Suryakumar Yadav.
3. Ricky Ponting’s unhappiness:
Rishabh Pant had a lot of scope at the end of the innings. The Delhi Capitals (DC) coach Ricky Ponting was clearly seen being unhappy with Rishabh Pants performance and had a long chat near the boundary line after the match.
4. Rishabh Pants IPL 2020 and IPL 2019 performance comparison:
Rishabh Pant has played in total 12 matches in the IPL 2020 so far and made 285 runs at an average of 28.50 strike-rate of 109.61, with the highest 38. In IPL 2019, he amassed everyone with 488 runs from 16 matches at an average of 37.53 with a strike rate of 162.22. He was the second highest run-getter for the Delhi Capitals (DC). Rishabh Pants highest score in the last IPL season was 78, where he made 3 fifties.
